Cocoa+3+Barriers


 * BARRIERS DISCUSSION**


 * Please list the results of your facilitated discussion on barriers and restraints to managing change and shift in schools.**
 * What is preventing them from being successful at implementing change?**
 * PBL, immediately start thinking of reasons why I cannot do this in my classroom. Too many students therefore don't have the time to invest in them to get in depth and cover the content. Strategies that might be helpful. Age appropriateness.**
 * Constraint, Math teaher--Standardized testing. Don't have time to spend on 1 thing. Always getting ready for PSSA and now Keystones. Just getting through the content.**
 * Barrier-amount of technology we have. PSSA testing. Shifting gears, testing one way and trying to teach another way. High end learners, and very low end learners.**
 * Testing biggest barrier. Math teachers don't like doing alot of projects. Teachers seem to do projects after the PSSA's are taken but not before, not enough time to get through necessary material before test.**
 * TIME! For prep, in constraints of classroom, up front prep and time during lessons. Teachers don't know how to construct a project to get to the goals they need to get to at the end. What is a well constructed project.**
 * What needs to start to change is right in the curriculum development piece. Until there is a change in the thematic approach it won't work.**
 * Alot of technology in district. Teachers are willing to do something new. I'm a network technology person and only have one day to designate to CFF, so it is more my time not being available to help them.**
 * Agree with all of the above. PD is MISSING, teachers don't realize what PBL is. They are willing to do projects but don't have the training to do it properly. We as coaches don't have all of the PD we need to help teachers with this and get the best experience for kids.**
 * Teachers are old fashioned. They want the chalkboard back. Teachers being negative, don't have time, don't want to try.**
 * Limited in what I can do because of the restraints, students being very diverse...different modifications for most students.**
 * Teach to the test, PSSA's everyone worrying and getting everything done for the test. Especially the older teachers. Don't have time to do projects because I have too much to do for the test. Biggest barrier is getting them to understand (PD) that they can do PBL and teach to the test.**
 * Teachers "think" they are doing projects but they are just posters or something.**
 * What can I skip? I must get this in for the PSSA.**
 * Younger teachers are more comfortable with technology, older teachers are not. Selling the technology to them is the barrier. Taking that risk.**
 * Fear. Control freaks (teachers are). Teachers what "step by step" how to make my lesson work. They don't want to think about it and figure it out. They buy in but they want it done.**
 * Leadership. Teachers too afraid to step out of comfort zone and teach to test without the leadership embracing that type of teaching.**
 * Time constraints. I teach 5 periods a day, rotates every 4 weeks and then schedule changes. May be able to work with a teacher on something but then can't follow up with them due to scheduling or straying from the current plan.**
 * Cell phone in classroom? Sites blocked because they aren't being used constructively. Leaders jobs on line if not meeting AYP, therefore teach to test.**
 * Teachers not willing to think outside the box, takes too much time. Not enough technology. No administrative buy-in.**
 * Concur with what everyone has said, adding to it time to do PD. Teachers do not understand what PBL is, it's not a poster, a popsicle stick building.**
 * They want someone to walk them through things, not enough time to do it on their own.**
 * Full time coach. Highly supervised culture at the school. Anchors on the board and if someone walks in they must be teaching something that matches the anchor on the board. No veering from that concept. Activity must be related to the anchor or standard posted in front of the room.**
 * Re-culturation is the real barrier.**
 * Time. PD is huge. Contract issues, not being able to attend PD's due to union conflicts because of negotiations.**


 * Implementation of new equipment. Time.**
 * Remediation, catching kids up. PBL-school wide initiative. Training.**
 * We do PBL, biggest issue is it doesn't continue through all grades. Those who do it do it well, but then it gets dropped when students move to another grade or subject. I can't give them everything they need and it is frustrating.**


 * Back to Cocoa 3 Mini-Mission 2**